MACROTHRICIDAE
(a family of water fleas)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMACROTHRICIDAE (a family of water fleas)
InfraorderCladocera (water fleas)
SuborderONYCHOCAUDATA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderDIPLOSTRACA (water fleas)
SubclassPHYLLOPODA (apuses and water fleas)
ClassBRANCHIOPODA (branchiopods)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smirnov, N.N. 1976 Macrothricidae and Moinidae of the World fauna Fauna SSSR, novaya seriya, Rakoobraznye, 1 (3), 237pp

MACROTHRICIDAE (a family of water fleas) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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